Bottle-holder.



M attouwgd A. E. ZUMSTEIN & H. R; SCHMIDT. BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1908.

907,55 1 Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-1- ARTHUR E. ZUMSTEIN AND HERMANN R. SCHMIDT, OF CANTON, OHIO.

BOTTLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR E. ZUM- STEIN and HERMANN R. SCHMIDT, citizens of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Holders, the object and purpose of which is to provide means whereby bottles intended for distribution, such as milk-bottles, can conveniently and quickly be connected and detached to andv from the holder proper; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, and to the numerals and figures of reference marked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder showing a bottle in dotted lines and the bottle properly connected. Fig. 2 shows a bottle properly connected to the holder. Fig. 3 is a view of the holder empty.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 represents the connecting block, which is formed of any desired size and is designed to be connected to the wall in any convenient place. To the block 1 is attached the bracket proper, which bracket consists of the two members 2, which are located in the grooves 3 formed in the back of the block 1. The bottom or lower ends of the members 2 are extended at an angle to said members. 2, whereby the bottle retaining portion 4 is produced, which portion is provided with the centrally located curved portion 5, which curved portion is for the purpose hereinafter described. To the top or upper ends of the members 2 are pivotally attached the top or upper ends of the hinged members 6, said hinged members being connected together at their lower ends by means of the integral curved portion or part 7, said part being curved to correspond substantially with the centrally curved portion 5 of the fixed bracket proper: The hinged orswinging bracket proper and its integral curved portion 7 are extended downward so that the curved portion 7 when in the position illustrated in Fig. 3 will be in a plane below the plane of the curved portion 5 of the fixed bracket. The curved portions 5 and 6 are so curved that they will embrace the neck of a bottle as illustrated in Fig. 2 and hold the bottle in a suspended position as illustrated in said Fig. 2.

In use when it is desired to connect the bottle the hinged member or bracket proper is swung away from the bracket fixed to the block to a distance sufiicient to allow the bead of the bottle to pass between the curved portions 5 and 6 after which the hinged bracket is permitted to fall or move by gravity until the curved portion 7 comes in contact with the bottle by which arrangement the bottle is held against displacement. When it is desired to remove the bottle the hinged bracket or aw is moved outward or away from the fixed curved portion 5 of the fixed bracket proper so as to bring the curved portion 7 out of engagement with the bead of the bottle, after which the bottle is free to be removed. It will be understood that the de vice is simple andcheap to manufacture and can be attached at any convenient place. The front face of the block 1 is provided with any desired number of apertures 8, into which apertures is inserted an indicating pin 9, which pin is set in the aperture designed to indicate the amount of milk or cream designed to be purchased by which arrangement the party delivering the milk can quickly determine the wants of the customer.

It will be understood that by extending the hinged bracket downward so as to bring the bottle holding portion 7 in a plane below the bottle holding portion 5 of the fixed bracket, the hinged bracket will fall into po sition to properly hold a bottle.

Having fu y described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a bottle holder of the class described, a block, a bracket connected to said block, said bracket provided at its bottom or lower end with a curved portion, a hinged bracket provided with a curved portion at its bottom or free end, said curved portion extended below the curved portion of the fixed bracket, substantial-ly as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the above, we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR E. ZUMSTEIN. HERMANN It. SCHMIDT.

Witnesses:

SYLvIA BORON, WILLIAM H. MILLER. 

